Podcast Episodes

10-Minute Mystery: Balloonfest '86

Season 1

In 1986, the United Way of Cleveland launched nearly 1.5 million balloons to set a new world record and call attention to its annual fundraising campaign. It was beautiful for a few minutes, but then…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

A stagecoach tour of southern Ohio ghosts

Season 1 Episode 205

In this special seasonal edition, join us on our time-traveling stagecoach as we take a trip to the 19th century in hopes of spotting the headless ghost of Stumpy in Muskinghum County's village of No…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Halloween and the truth about tainted treats

Season 1 Episode 204

A University of Delaware sociologist has been spent decades chasing down every allegation of a child harmed by razors in apples, needles in chocolate bars and drugs injected into candy. And he said h…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Rewind: The Mothman (Ep 107)

Season 1

In 1966, people in the Ohio River communities of Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio saw a strange flying creature they couldn't identify. When the bridge connecting the two towns cras…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

10-Minute Mystery: Procter & Gamble and the Satanic Panic

Season 1

Procter & Gamble, founded in Cincinnati 185 years ago, is one of Ohio's most venerable companies. But in 1995, it had to give up its beloved logo of the man in the moon when rumors persisted that it …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Who killed Rollin and Anna Hudson?

Season 1 Episode 203

In 1912, Rollin Hudson was hoping to distance his new bride Anna from other persistant suitors she had in Canton, Ohio by moving her to Paola, Kansas. But seven weeks after settling in their new home…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

10MM - The Soldier Wizard

Season 1

In his lifetime, Revolutionary War veteran John Lamont became a punchline for his Ashtabula neighbors, who blamed him for everything that went wrong in their lives. They interpreted his eccentricity …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Clifford Osbun and the Hindenburg Disaster

Season 1 Episode 202

In 1937, Wyandot County native Clifford Osbun survived the shocking crash of the Hindenburg, a football-sized dirigible from Germany making its debut trip to North America. When the airship caught fi…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

10-Minute Mystery: Ohio vs. Michigan and the Toledo War

Season 1

The legendary football rivalry between Ohio State and the University of Michigan arguably has its roots in a 19th century border dispute that saw both sides call up militia armies to gain control of …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Hatchet Man

Season 1 Episode 201

201: Hatchet Man

As a Logan County tailor named Andrew Hellman, he killed his first wife with an ax and poisoned two of his children. As a fugitive in Maryland named Adam Horn, he murdered his second …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago